U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., met Monday afternoon with federal Judge Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court. In doing so, Manchin became the first Democratic senator to have a face-to-face conversation with Kavanaugh.
Give Manchin credit for his stance of ...

Other than the obviously profitable knowledge of where large pockets of vulnerable drug addicts exist, we fail to see what critical trade secrets need to be protected by withholding information about pharmaceutical companies dumping pain pills in communities such as ours in West Virginia and ...

As we become busier outdoors these days as soccer practice spectators, football practice observers, backyard pool lifeguards and gardening aficiandos, let us all remember the dangers of the sun.
It's a fact: Skin cancer remains the most common form of cancer in the United States, but, ...

A White House plan for $12 billion in subsidies to aid farmers through the initial impact of a trade war with China seems fair, but only for a time.
Over the long haul, the best solution for farmers who grow pork and soybeans in America's heartland is to let them sell the work of their hands ...

High school football returns to our region this evening when the 73rd edition of the Rudy Mumley Ohio Valley Athletic Conference All-Star Football Charity Classic is played.
This year’s game, which is scheduled to start at 7:15 p.m., returns to Wheeling Island Stadium. It once again will ...

It would be nice to believe news from North Korea this week is evidence that country’s regime is serious about the “denuclearization” deal with President Donald Trump.
Indeed, the report sounded very, very good: “North Korea appears to have started dismantling key facilities at its ...

Black lung disease, known formally as coal workers’ pneumoconiosis, is making a comeback, according to a study linked to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That is — or should be — unacceptable.
Too many West Virginia and Ohio families are all too familiar with ...

Many drivers, spotting an emergency vehicle ahead of them on the berm, instinctively edge to the left in their lane or, if on a multi-lane highway, scoot over to the left lane. It just makes sense.
In West Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania, it also happens to be the law. All three states are ...

West Virginia legislators considering whether to recommend impeachment of suspended state Supreme Court Justice Allen Loughry are scheduled to tour the court’s offices this week. But you will see no pictures or video of the tour, unless something changes.
As we reported, court officials ...

So crazy has the lawsuit climate become that a court filing last week probably should have come as no surprise. Still, it is more than a little unsettling.
MGM Resorts International, which owns the Mandalay Bay casino-resort in Las Vegas, has filed suit against hundreds of victims of the mass ...

For a decade, from 2007-2017, the nation’s population grew. Every state had slow population growth … well, every state but two — Michigan and, you guessed it, West Virginia, according to a Pew Charitable Trusts study.
In fact, West Virginia lost residents faster than Michigan. Our ...

Beginning at 11:30 this morning, generations of area steelworkers and others will gather at the Serbian Picnic Grounds for the annual Weirton Steel 25-Year Club Picnic.
The event draws current and past employees of what once was Weirton Steel with at least 25 years at the local mill for an ...

West Virginia legislators looking into state Supreme Court justices have been accused of engaging in a “fishing expedition.” One wonders whether that criticism was prompted by concern about the Legislature’s role — or about what “fish” lawmakers may net.
After suspended high court ...

One suspects West Virginia legislators looking into delays in helping victims of 2016 floods in many counties knew one of the answers to their questions before they were even asked.
Why, more than six months after federal officials approved nearly $150 million for flood victims, had the state ...

West Virginians are fortunate that our secretary of state, Mac Warner, is a nationally recognized leader in keeping the voting process secure from tampering. But Warner and his fellow chief election officers from other states, gathered during the weekend for a meeting in Philadelphia, are well ...

There are few major events that can boast of having been around for more than 40 years.
One of those is being renewed for the 42nd time this week, not too far from here in Morristown.
It's Jamboree in the Hills, and this year's outdoor country music festival, which will feature ...

Major changes in West Virginia’s network of four-year public colleges and universities may be on the horizon.
What they may be will depend largely on recommendations by a group established by Gov. Jim Justice.
Earlier this month, Justice appointed 12 people to his Blue Ribbon Commission ...

Reading tea leaves is a sport in Washington that surfaces every time a justice nominee is picked for the Supreme Court.
The sport of setting fire to the tea leaves is something on display heavily during the Trump administration, but not unheard of, even in recent history.
One needs only to ...

U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., will be a key figure in the battle over whether the Senate confirms President Donald Trump’s nominee to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. Let us hope Manchin breaks with those in his party who see the decision as a political one.
On Monday, Trump introduced ...

For many years, drug companies pumped opioid pain pills into West Virginia at an incredible rate. To cite just one of several horror stories, during a decade-long period, 20.8 million of the pills were sent to two pharmacies in Williamson, which has a population of only about 2,900 people.
No ...